Watched it last night with my Letterboxin’ daughter; she gave it four and I gave it a ‘meh’ three and a half stars. But we both agree that the second film is probably the best of the three so far.
Been her before, and it was better first time around. Cillian Murphy made more of an impression in the first than Aaron Taylor-Johnson does here, and Jodie Comer was wasted. On the plus side, Alfie Williams is terrific, and Ralph Fiennes is his now usual reliably brilliant self (incredible to think how much better he is now than he was in his earlier career, eg the execrable Saint…), if not a bit weird…ha-ha!
And, yes, sequels aplenty appear lined up and waiting…
PS The Brexit allegory was like being hit over the head by a sledgehammer; I’d have preferred a more subtle approach, but I confess that where Brexit is concerned, sledgehammers are probably the weapon of choice with which to beat some sense into the brain dead ‘infected’…
Fiennes does have some early career greats too, especially Schindler’s List and The English Patient. But yes, he’s terrific in this. So is Alfie Williams, as you say. And yes, the Brexit thing was not subtle in the slightest. :)
Hmm…not sure about the English Patient, Simon, but then again, I’m not really sure about the whole film, which is surprising given how much I loved the book. But Schindler’s List, yes, and much much better than Neeson’s unconvincing Schindler!
Saw him in an episode of Cracker quite recently on some late night repeat channel, and he was great in that, too. But the Avengers…oh dear!
Watched it last night with my Letterboxin’ daughter; she gave it four and I gave it a ‘meh’ three and a half stars. But we both agree that the second film is probably the best of the three so far.
Been her before, and it was better first time around. Cillian Murphy made more of an impression in the first than Aaron Taylor-Johnson does here, and Jodie Comer was wasted. On the plus side, Alfie Williams is terrific, and Ralph Fiennes is his now usual reliably brilliant self (incredible to think how much better he is now than he was in his earlier career, eg the execrable Saint…), if not a bit weird…ha-ha!
And, yes, sequels aplenty appear lined up and waiting…
PS The Brexit allegory was like being hit over the head by a sledgehammer; I’d have preferred a more subtle approach, but I confess that where Brexit is concerned, sledgehammers are probably the weapon of choice with which to beat some sense into the brain dead ‘infected’…
Fiennes does have some early career greats too, especially Schindler’s List and The English Patient. But yes, he’s terrific in this. So is Alfie Williams, as you say. And yes, the Brexit thing was not subtle in the slightest. :)
Hmm…not sure about the English Patient, Simon, but then again, I’m not really sure about the whole film, which is surprising given how much I loved the book. But Schindler’s List, yes, and much much better than Neeson’s unconvincing Schindler!
Saw him in an episode of Cracker quite recently on some late night repeat channel, and he was great in that, too. But the Avengers…oh dear!